Sassafras albidum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Sassafras
Species: Sassafras albidum

Name

  • Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees, Syst. Laur. 490. 1836.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Laurus albida Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259. 1818.
  • Homotypic
    • Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 20: 99. 1918.
    • Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald, Rhodora 15: 16. 1913.
    • Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 267. 1825.
  • Heterotypic
    • Laurus albida Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259. 1818.
    • Laurus diversifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 426. 1812, nom. illeg.
    • Laurus sassafras L., Sp. Pl. 371. 1753.
    • Laurus variifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 344. 1796, nom. illeg.
    • Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 270. 1825.
    • Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald, Phytologia 7: 321. 1961.
    • Sassafras albidum var. glaucum Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 347. 1914.
    • Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald, Rhodora 38: 179. 1936.
    • Sassafras laurus Macloskie, Torreya 5: 198. 1905, nom. illeg.
    • Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm., Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 418. 1831, nom. illeg.
    • Sassafras officinarum J.Presl, in Bercht. & J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2(Laurac.): 68. 1825.
    • Sassafras rubrum Raf., Sylva Tellur. 134. 1838.
    • Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst., Deut. Fl. 505. 1881, nom. inval.
    • Sassafras sassafras var. officinale Clute, Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 11: 72. 1906.
    • Sassafras trilobum Raf., Autik. Bot. 85. 1840, nom. illeg.
    • Sassafras trilobum var. molle Raf., Autik. Bot. 85. 1840.
    • Sassafras variifolium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 574. 1891, nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional:C & Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
    • Extinct in:
      • Wisconsin
    • Introduced into:
      • Romania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sassafrasbaum
English: White Sassafras
suomi: Amerikansassafras
magyar: Szasszafrász babérfa
italiano: Sassofrasso
Nederlands: sassafrasboom
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